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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Correction of one sentence
Is possible to ask like this (I want to ask my friend if he is still playing the pc game that he started to play in the past)
"Have you been still playing that game?" - I am not sure if there is well used "still", may it be omitted?
Thank you in advance.
"Have you been still playing that game?" - I am not sure if there is well used "still", may it be omitted?
Thank you in advance.
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'still' implies continuation from the past, so in this case you don't need the present perfect. Are you still playing that game? This is only way to ask your friend if he's still playing that game - if he continues to have the same habit.
- 'still' implies continuation from the past, so in this case you don't need the present perfect.
- Are you still playing that game?
- This is only way to ask your friend if he's still playing that game - if he continues to have the same habit.
- Have you been playing that game?
- This doesn't quite capture the same idea.
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'still' implies continuation from the past, so in this case you don't need the present perfect.
Are you still playing that game? This is only way to ask your friend if he's still playing that game - if he continues to have the same habit.
Have you been playing that game? This doesn't quite capture the same idea. It doesn't focus the action of game-playing as cl
Are you still playing that game? This is only way to ask your friend if he's still playing that game - if he continues to have the same habit.
Have you been playing that game? This doesn't quite capture the same idea. It doesn't focus the action of game-playing as cl
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